Editor’s Picks April 6, 2009
CAHI Releases HSA Commentary.
lifeandhealthinsurancenews.com, April 3, 2009
A Council for Affordable Health Insurance author is rejecting the argument that health savings account programs discourage use of preventive care.
Roy Ramthun, a visiting fellow at CAHI, Alexandria, Va., a group that supports the HSA concept, has written a paper supporting the proposition that HSA plan members are more likely than other health plan members to use preventive services. (Read More)
Build a Health Savings Fund that Takes Care of You Today and Invests Your Money for Tomorrow.
equitybulls.com, April 3
The health fund will help you claim for future medical expenses of any kind. While the hospitalization insurance benefit will take care of any hospitalization expenses. Typically, health savings fund is an ideal vehicle for funding small ticket, discretionary and high frequency needs, such as those for chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. (Read More)
Many Buy High Deductible Health Plans.
upi.com, April 3, 2009
Persons with directly purchased private health insurance were more likely to be enrolled in a high deductible plan than those who obtained their private health insurance through an employer or union.
National attention to consumer-directed healthcare has increased following the enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which established tax-advantaged health savings accounts. (Read More)
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Gain Steam.
ahiphiwire.org, April 3
The employers who are most successful at containing health-care costs are doing it without raising workers’ premiums.
Instead, they’re using cash incentives to entice employees toward consumer-driven health plans, such as medical savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements, said Ted Nussbaum, director of Group and Health Care Consulting North America for Watson Wyatt Worldwide. (NYSE:WW) (Read More)